Horseshoe.



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R. MCCOY- HORSESHOE APPLICATION FILED JULY II 1917.

1,298,364. Patented'Mar. 25,1919.

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ROBERT MCCOY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25,1919.

Application filed July 11, 1917. Serial No. 179,816.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT MoCoY, a subject of Great Britain, and aresident of New York city, county of New York, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

, This invention relates to horseshoes. The object ofthe invention is toprovide a horseshoe that may be readily applied and removed from ahorses foot'and which will prevent a horse from slipping in bad weatheron snow or ice, and which is adapted to be readily'removed when thehorse is not at work.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a durable andsubstantial shoe; to provide a shoe which will fit snugly to the foot;to provide a shoe which cannot be accidentally removed; 'to provide ashoe which will not injure orhurt the foot, and to provide a shoe simpleand cheap of construction which will'grip firmly to any slippery surfaceover which a horse may be driven.

A still further object is to provide a shoe of the character described,which may be applied to the foot of a horse which is shod with a smoothshoe or plate, all of which I accomplish by the means hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in my claims, and illus trated in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of theshoe in elevation; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a bottom planview of the shoe; and Fig.4 is

a longitudinal sectional View taken through the line IVIV of Fig. 1.

In the drawings A indicates the tread of the shoe; B, the upper part orcasing for securing the shoe upon the foot; I), b, are straps forfastening the shoe on the foot; and a, a are buckles for securing thestraps 6-6.

The tread A of the shoe is constructed of a number of superposed platesof various material, as follows: C indicates a metal plate of theconformation of the bottom of the horses foot. The plate C has acorrugated under surface C for engaging the surface over which the horseis driven to prevent slipping, and said plate is provided with spurs orcalks C which are formed on the under side of the plate for gripping thesurface to prevent slipping, openings are provided through the outeredge of the plate C to admit the rivets A,- and clips are formed byincisions as C An elastic tread over which a horse is driven more surelyand firmly than either the rubber tread or the calks, without the other.The elastic tread D is prevented from moving inwardly from impact, bythe clips 0 Said clips also prevent the elastic tread from becomingdislodged from the surface of the corrugated plate C at the inner edgeof the tread. A leather layer'E is disposed upon the top of the metalplate C and is perforated to admit the rivets A; and superposed upontheleather E is a'metal plate F, with perforations for the rivets A andflanged as at F, said flange serving as a binding to engage and retainthe edges of the superposed plate layers, and to engage and retain theouter edge of the elastic tread D firmly in its position beneath themetal plate 0. Thus the elastic tread D is firmly held in place beneaththe outer edge of the plate C by the spurs 01- calks C and thecorrugated surface C of the plate C, and by the clips C which engage theinner edge of the elastic tread, and by the flange F of the plate Fwhich engages the outer edge of the said elastic tread D. Superposedupon the top of the metal plate F is a leatherplate G, perforated toadmit the rivets A, which serves to form a pad 01' cushion lining forthe shoe and which prevents the foot of the horse from sliding on thetop of the tread, and superposed upon the said leather plate G is theupper or casing B with the flange B perforated to admit the rivets A,whereby all the superposed plate members are firmly bound and heldtogether so as to form a rigid and firm shoe tread formed of superposedplates. The tread A is cut away as at A to provide clearance for thefrog of the horses foot.

The pad or yielding plates E and G and the upper B are preferably ofleather, but may be made of any suitable flexible material, as canvas,or rubber and canvas.

elastic tread and having a corrugated under surface, and means forsecuring the elastic tread in its position, substantially as shown anddescribed and for the purposes set forth. I

2. A detachable horseshoe having a tread portion and an upper portionadapted for securing the tread portion beneath the hoof, said treadportion comprising an elastic tread, oalks protruding through saidelastic tread, means for retaining "the elastic tread beneath the edgeof said tread portion, a

cushion member, a clamping member comprising a flanged metal plate, anda flexible lining member, substantially as shown and described and forthe purposes set forth.

3. A detachable horseshoe having a tread portion and an upper portionadapted for removably securing the tread portion beneath the hoof, saidtread portion comprising an elastic tread for engaging the surface overwhich the horse is driven, a metal plate disposed upon the elastictread, said metal plate having spurs or calks protruding throughopenings provided therefor in the elastic tread and adapted to engagethe surface, said metal plate havlng a corrugated under surface, andhaving clips formed thereon for retaining the elastic tread in positiontherebeneath, and a metal plate superposed upon a flexible layer whichrests on said first-mentioned metal plate, said seoondmentioned metalplate having a flanged edge adapted for clamping the elastic tread, themetal plate with the spurs;

and corrugated surface, and the flexible layer firmly against thesuperposed second metal plate, a second elastic plate superposed uponthe fianged metal plate, and a flanged upper secured by rivets to thetread, substantially as shown and described and ROBERT MoOOY;

Witnesses: 7

CHARLES F. WILCOX, HUGO Hess. 7

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

" Washington, D. 0.

